The Wicked Beginning, Lauren Smith
The Wicked Beginning, Lauren Smith
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The Wicked Beginning
A League of Rogues Prequel

Author: Lauren Smith

Narrator: Heather Wilds

Unabridged: 1 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lauren Smith

Published: 01/05/2021


Synopsis

A wicked duke and his four friends plot the abduction of an innocent debutante out of revenge.Have you ever wondered how the League of Rogues came to be? What events led to the adventure that started it all? This is your exclusive inside peek into the world of the beloved bad boys of the League shortly before their lives are changed forever.*Note: This is a short prequel that ends on a cliffhanger which has a happy ending in the full story Wicked Designs.

About Lauren Smith

Lauren Smith is an Oklahoma attorney by day and USA Today bestselling author by night who pens adventurous and edgy romance stories. She has won multiple awards for her work, including the New England Readers' Choice Award and the Greater Detroit Booksellers' Best Award, and was an Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Award quarter-finalist and a semi-finalist for the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Award. She was a 2018 RITA finalist in the Romance Writers of America Contest.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lady Nilambari on March 29, 2022

5 Stars *It's a prologue to the series. It introduces the characters and sets up the context of the following books. - As a shorty-short little prequel, it was fun. - It also managed to intrigue me into reading this series. - These rogues should be a lot of fun! - It is not necessary to read it, but it......more

Goodreads review by Janet on September 30, 2020

Emily Parr was seventeen when her parents were returning from New York & the ship sank. She’s lived with her uncle for the past year but he often makes bad investments so there’s not a lot of money. As Emily’s debut into society approaches her Uncle Albert arranges meetings with two rich investors.......more

Goodreads review by Anne on June 27, 2022

If you haven’t already read Lauren Smith’s League of Nations series you are missing out on an entertaining and engaging series but you can start the series with this wonderful prequel. It may be labelled #13 (in some lists) but it gives great background and hints on the past and future books to both......more

Goodreads review by Elspeth on June 24, 2024

I don't know how this series got to be popular enough for the huge number of books that are in it - these guys are awful! The book/series is about a group of friends who are not the good guy (but ostensibly the hero) and their romances, I guess. This prequel is supposed to introduce them. In this boo......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on November 02, 2020

If I hadn't read most of the other books in this series, this one probably would have driven me crazy. It's barely a sliver of the League of Rogues and only an introduction to Emily Parr. Nevertheless, like the rest of the books in the series, it features the engaging characters and intriguing plot......more